Australian judoka Matt Celotti (in white) takes on Cuba's Oreydis Despaigne in their men's 100 kg preliminary judo bout at the Beijing Olympics on August 14, 2008. Celotti left the athletes village in Beijing on August 16, after it emerged that he had been summonsed to appear in a Melbourne court over assault allegations.

Japan's Masae Ueno became the third Japanese judoka to retain her Olympic title, beating Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba in the final to win gold in the women's 70-kilograms division in Beijing on Wednesday evening.